This is one of two CIOT podcasts surveying aspects of the recent Budget. Here, John Whiting (Tax Policy Director) and Robin Williamson (LITRG Technical Director) look at some of the headline-making announcements, particularly from a LITRG point of view.
This is one of two CIOT podcasts surveying aspects of the recent Budget. Here, George Crozier (External Relations Manager) and John Whiting (Tax Policy Director) look at some of the more technical issues that didn’t all make the headlines.
The CIOT recently ran a round table to discuss how property taxes might develop. Attenders were from a wide range of organisations and a good debate ensued, which will be written up in a future Tax Adviser article. In the meantime, in this podcast CIOT Tax Policy Director John Whiting talks to three of the attenders about some of the points that came up: Chris Lallemand, Chair of CIOT Property Taxes sub-committee, LITRG member Eile Gibson and former CIOT President John Cullinane.
Dave Hartnett, Permanent Secretary for Tax, is interviewed about the recent UK-Switzerland tax deal by John Whiting, CIOT Tax Policy Director, and Gary Ashford, National Head of Tax Investigations and Dispute Resolution at RSM Tenon and a member of the CIOT Council. In the interview Mr Hartnett is asked about how the agreement was reached, for his response to accusations that it ‘lets fraudsters off’ and what UK residents with Swiss bank accounts – both legitimate ones where tax has been paid and those where tax has been evaded – should do now. The interview also covers the position of non-doms, offshore life bonds and where HMRC will go from here.
John Whiting talks to CIOT President Anthony Thomas about the recent joint CIOT/ATT response to the HMRC Tax Agent Strategy consultation. This initial response summarises views from nearly 1500 CIOT & ATT members; Anthony and John confirm our broad support for the strategic direction of the HMRC proposals but highlight some of members’ key concerns. The document can be found at http://www.tax.org.uk/tax-policy/public-submissions/2011/TAS_CIOT_ATT ; we will be submitting further comments next month so more input would be welcomed.
John Whiting, CIOT Policy Director talks to Tina Riches, Director, Technical, about the introduction of iXBRL and how it will impact tax advisers.
John Whiting talks to CIOT President Andrew Hubbard about the report Andrew has compiled into the way HMRC's new powers are bedding down. The report draws on Andrew's discussions with CIOT branches and with HMRC staff, plus the recent CIOT member survey and can be downloaded here.
What does 2011 have in store on the tax front? George Crozier talks to the Institute’s Tax Policy Director, John Whiting, and the Technical Director of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, Robin Williamson, about the tax and tax credit changes due to come in in April and beyond. Please see below to read an accompanying aide-memoire and listen to the podcast.
CIOT Tax Policy Director John Whiting interviews the Institute’s President, Vincent Oratore, about the Institute’s proposals for reform of the process for making tax law, following the launch of a paper on the subject. The interview covers the flaws of the current system, the lack of parliamentary engagement in the tax law process and why a joint committee of the two Houses of Parliament to scrutinise tax legislation should be set up.
With all the party manifestos now published, the Chartered Institute of Taxation look at what the major parties are proposing for tax in the CIOT’s election 2010 podcast. The panel begin by picking out the key points from each of the party’s manifestos, and what is on offer for low income taxpayers, before looking at a number of specific areas including national insurance, VAT, business taxation and green taxes. Chaired by George Crozier, the Institute’s external relations manager, the podcast features John Whiting, the Institute’s tax policy director, and Robin Williamson, technical director of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group.
George Crozier, External Relations Manager of the CIOT, talks to the Institute’s Tax Policy Director, John Whiting, and Technical Director, Tina Riches, about the tax provisions in the March 2010 Budget and what they mean for tax advisers. Areas covered include stamp duty changes, tax avoidance, pensions tax restrictions and Gift Aid.
John Whiting and Gary Ashford talk to Dave Hartnett, Permanent Secretary for Tax at HMRC, about the New Disclosure Opportunity and Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility. Dave comments on a range of issues around NDO/LDF raised by CIOT members.
The rules on Senior Accounting Officers’ responsibilities, introduced by s93 FA 2009, are some of the most controversial aspects of this year’s Finance Act. John Whiting, Tax Policy Director of the CIOT, talks to Simon Wilks, tax investigations partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and CIOT representative on the group HMRC consulted with over the SAO guidance, about the SAO rules. Simon talks through which companies are affected, who is an SAO, what has to be done and when – and how this is all impacted by the HMRC guidance.
John Whiting, Tax Policy Director of the CIOT, talks to Peter Fanning, Chief Executive of the CIOT, about the CIOT’s submission on, and discussions about, the Working with Tax Agents consultation document.
John Whiting, Tax Policy Director of the CIOT, talks with Gary Ashford, Chairman of the CIOT's Management of Taxes Sub-Committee about the New Disclosure Opportunity and also the Liechtenstein disclosure facility.
John Whiting talks to Richard Mannion, Chairman of the CIOT's Owner Managed Business Sub-Committee, who reflects on Budget matters of relevance to smaller businesses and their advisers. He also comments on some practical issues on the Working Together agenda.
John Whiting talks to Tina Riches about the changes to HMRC Powers ahead of the Budget.
John Whiting interviews Peter Fanning, the new Chief Executive of the CIOT, about his time so far at the Institute.
John Whiting talks to Ian Menzies-Conacher, Chairman of the CIOT's Technical Committee, about foreign profits.
John Whiting talks through the possible changes relating to VAT in the upcoming Budget with Mike Arnold, Chairman of the CIOT's VAT and Indirect Taxes Sub-Committee. If you are a CIOT Member, listening to this podcast counts as 11 minutes of unstructured CPD.